''Derris'' is
genus
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of leguminous plants found in
Southeast Asia
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and the southwest Pacific islands, including
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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It is a simplified version of ...
. The roots of ''
D. elliptica'' contain
rotenone, a strong
insecticide
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and fish poison.
Despite the secondary compounds found in ''Derris'', they serve as food plants for many
Lepidoptera
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n
larva
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The ...
e including ''
Batrachedra
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'' spp.
Selected species
''The Plant List''
The Plant List
/ref> includes the following:
* ''Derris cumingii
''Derris'' is genus of leguminous plants found in Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of '' D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison.
Despite the secondary compounds fou ...
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* ''Derris elegans
''Derris elegans'' is a species of leguminous plants. It is found in Papua New Guinea.
References
External links
''Derris elegans''at The Plant List
''Derris elegans''at Tropicos
Tropicos is an online botanical database containing ta ...
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* ''Derris elliptica
''Derris eliptica'' is a species of leguminous plant from Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of ''D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison.
Also known as ''derris powd ...
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* ''Derris ferruginea
''Derris'' is genus of leguminous plants found in Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of '' D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison.
Despite the secondary compounds fou ...
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* ''Derris malaccensis
''Derris'' is genus of leguminous plants found in Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of '' D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison.
Despite the secondary compounds fou ...
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* ''Derris marginata
''Derris'' is genus of leguminous plants found in Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of '' D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison.
Despite the secondary compounds fou ...
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* ''Derris microphylla
''Derris'' is genus of leguminous plants found in Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of '' D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison.
Despite the secondary compounds fou ...
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* ''Derris ovalifolia
''Derris'' is genus of leguminous plants found in Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of '' D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison.
Despite the secondary compounds fou ...
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* ''Derris parviflora
''Derris parviflora'' is a species of leguminous plants. it is found in Sri Lanka.
References
External links
*
''Derris parviflora''at The Plant List
''Derris parviflora''at Tropicos
Tropicos is an online botanical database containing t ...
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* ''Derris philippinensis
''Derris'' is genus of leguminous plants found in Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of '' D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison.
Despite the secondary compounds fou ...
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* ''Derris polyantha
''Derris'' is genus of leguminous plants found in Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of '' D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison.
Despite the secondary compounds fou ...
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* ''Derris robusta
''Derris robusta'' is a tree species in the genus ''Derris'' found in India.
Derrubone is an isoflavone, a type of flavonoid, originally isolated from ''D. robusta''.
References
External links
Millettieae
Plants described in 1 ...
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* ''Derris scandens
বাংলা নাম আমকুড়চি বা কালী লতা।
''Derris scandens'' is a plant species in the genus ''Derris'' of the family Fabaceae. It grows throughout the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Malesia and ...
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* ''Derris trifoliata
''Derris trifoliata'' is a plant species in the genus ''Derris'', Family - Leguminosae
It is known as "Karanjvel" in Marathi - local language of Maharashtra, India.
It is a large climber found commonly in coastal swamps of Konkan (India). It is ...
'', also known as the common derris
See also
* "Derris" insecticides based on rotenone
* '' Millettia pinnata'': ''D. indica'' is a synonym.
References
External links
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Millettieae
Fabaceae genera
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